blathercon misstree if i may whisper a few words in the ears of the asembled; there is a gathering slowly coalescing by the name of "blathercon," coming next julyish in portland, oregon... the details can be found on blue, and there is a mailing list at blathercon@yahoogroups.com... we're trying to get a head count of those interested, so please contact me if you think you could make it or if you have any questions... thank you for the moment of your brainspace... 031122 ... misstree is lost and found erm... email addie is very old... proper one would be misstree@chaosmagic.com... again, thankyou... 031122 ... bump . 031124 ... shadow le crowl why do you whisper as though blatherred is another planet and your language must pass through a lost translation? come misstree, write to us hee n this crimson island. we who wear the colour of blood and proclaim the words inside, deep the soul's nerve is emotional. 031124 ... this should be rillian "hee n theese red island," he said, the sea breeze hot. he would pick up his fins and snorkel and dive in to yet another dimension, the undersea. 031124 ... misstree because this is the sacred heart of words, where i do not often venture for the weight that i place upon myself in its presence. it is not because i feel i should be reverent that i whisper; it is because i *am* reverent. my truest words are sleeping, and i will not leave false footprints. i will indulge myself in scenting the breeze, and utter beauties when they wake. 031124 ... misstree there is the possibility of a choice between oregon and illinois. see blathercon_discussion on blue or the yahoogroup for more details, or email me at misstree@chaosmagic.com 031203 ... misstree voting is currently being conducted between Portland, Oregon and Champaign, Illinois. voting by email to me only, and closes on wed, dec 17. more details on blathercon_announcements on blue. thankyouverymuch. 031209 ... shadow le crowl i must say misstree, this is all very interesting. i applaud you. i suppose even blood can stain the tissue, like a nose bleed. is that why you include red? 031209 ... misstree as hostess_of_the_apocalyspe, it is my notso solemn duty to arrange gatherings of strange sorts. save your applause until things are set in stone; planning of this nature can be rickety, but the host is a water_brother and a reliable person. should i not include this vital shade? should i not issue the call to wordsmiths wherever they can be found? there are similar souls adrift in both worlds that i do so truly want to lick. those hereabouts especially i want to gather into a pile like leaves to dive and roll and play in. my mind wants to prattle about how one helps complete the other, how they are sister shades, but the interaction between the two means nothing to me aside from being able to grok the other more completely by contrast. and it is a summoning of souls, not works, not opinoins or poems or flames or secrets. so i whisper and pass notes, and hope to improve the accumulated essences when the gathering comes. 031209 ... shadow le crowl children love parades. when they see something they like, they clap, they can't help it. it is instinctual. are souls lollipops or candy floss? smooth or sticky? 031210 ... misstree they are most like lollies. their scent can be detected before a taste is taken. with the initial lick, a slight sheen of holy saliva coats the soul, and if it is conducive to being licked, its surface will begin to mingle and soften, all the better for tongue's next pass to draw a full mouth-coating taste. the tongue wil glide ohso freely when properly applied, but any place that the soulpop touches will be slightly sweet and sticky forevermore. and it is not recommended to attempt to shove too many soulpops in the mouth at once--taste overload is a very real danger. 031210 ... misstree if you're interested, email meat misstree@chaosmagic.com with preference between oregon and illinois. more details on blue at blathercon and a billion related pages that i'm too tired and cranky to list. 031216 ... silentbob i wonder what it would be like to email meat ;) 031217 ... kerry still disappointed i missed this 220705 ... raze sadly, it never happened. realistic optimist put an incredible amount of work into creating something special ... and every single person who said they were coming stood him up. it's heartbreaking to read the whole saga on blue. something tells me if we tried to do a thing like that with our red_family someday, the outcome would be very different. 220705 what's it to you? who go blather from